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Saturday June 10, 2023

9,600 get admission to English-taught, art studies programmes

About 9,600 students were offered admission to higher education institutions’ English-taught study programmes and art study programmes for the Autumn session, said the Finnish National Agency for Education in a press release on Tuesday. More than 61,300 students applied to English-taught study programmes and art study programmes offered in

Published: 02:08 am,Sunday 4 June 2023

School-end marked as 25,100 graduate across country this year

About 25,100 high school students graduated in Finland this year and the number is about 400 higher compared to the previous year. Schools authorities all over the country on Saturday celebrated the end of academic year and beginning of the summer vacation. The students and guardians gathered in the classrooms

Published: 02:22 am,Thursday 18 May 2023

PM conferred honorary doctorate by NYU

Outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Wednesday was conferred Doctor of Humane Letters by the New York University, said the University and the government communication department. “A stalwart opponent of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, she has been an outspoken advocate for her nation joining the NATO alliance. She has

Published: 01:03 am,Thursday 27 April 2023

Not school, Kela to handle school transport subsidy application

The national social insurance institution-Kela will directly handle the application for school transport subsidy instead of the schools from next month, said Kela in a press release on Wednesday. Till now, students have been submitting their applications to their upper secondary schools. The schools have then checked the applications,

Published: 02:45 am,Tuesday 25 April 2023

6 cities need 9,000 early childhood education professionals by 2030

The six largest cities in Finland on Monday demanded that the new government´s action to resolve the staff shortage prevalent in the early childhood education and care sector. The early childhood education sector authorities of the cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Turku, Tampere and Oulu in a joint statement

Published: 21:47 pm,Monday 17 April 2023

Helsinki University enrols 1,312 students to Int’l master’s courses

The University of Helsinki has admitted 1,312 students to international master’s programmes starting in autumn 2023, said the university in a press release on Monday. In the application round that ended 15 January, the university received a total of 7,116 applications from 148 different countries to the 35 international

Published: 01:56 am,Friday 14 April 2023

Jobless students to get social support from Kela during summer

Students who do not have a summer job and are not eligible for other benefits can apply for social assistance from national social insurance institution-Kela for the summer months, said Kela in a press release on Thursday. Students, however, need to continue study during the summer to get financial

Published: 02:48 am,Thursday 13 April 2023

Students must repay overpaid Kela benefit in April to avoid fine

The national social insurance institution-Kela on Wednesday asked the students to voluntarily repay the overpaid student financial aid for 2022 by the end of April to avoid fine. If the student does not repay the money during the stipulated period, Kela will recover 7.5% higher amount than the overpaid

Published: 03:01 am,Friday 31 March 2023

30,500 students apply to Helsinki University in spring session

A total of 30,500 students submitted applications to get admission to the University of Helsinki this spring, said the university in a press release on Thursday, on the last day of the joint application procedure. Out of the applicants, 27,300 applied to bachelor’s programmes and 3,200 to master’s programmes. With

Published: 02:16 am,Tuesday 28 March 2023

Lindblom for increasing fully funded higher study places

Rector of the University of Helsinki Sari Lindblom on Monday underscored the need for taking various measures including increasing the number of higher study places with fully funding support to make a crucial difference to the wellbeing and success of our country. Speaking on the occasion of marking the

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